We know that what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger — as Liam Neeson has taught us in almost every movie he’s ever made — but can weaker bonds in polymers actually make the material itself stronger? Yes, they can, claims a team of chemists from MIT and Duke University. They found that they could increase the tear resistance of a polyacrylate elastomer as much as 10-fold by using a weaker cross-linker to…
An EV battery maker is now the fifth largest auto supplier in the world.
3D-printed orthopedics company restor3d Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding common stock shares of Conformis, which has “image-to-implant” technology to fabricate patient-specific knee implants in its product portfolio. The $2.27 per share in cash offered by restor3D represents an approximate 96% premium to the closing price of Conformis stock on June 22, 2023. The deal is expected to close by the end of the third quarter…
The well-known recycler is adding a second line to the company’s Reidsville, N.C., recycling facility, a move that will boost production by millions of pounds annually.
A lack of affordable housing is one of the causes of homelessness in major US urban centers. In Los Angeles County, where I live, more than 69,000 people are experiencing homelessness, according to the most recent survey of the L.A. Homeless Services Authority. Encampments riddle Los Angeles and surrounding communities and there is a wearied sense among residents that the problem has become intractable. An architect/entrepreneur by the name of…
Minneapolis-based Diversified Plastics Inc. is expanding its product offerings with the addition of a new micromolding machine in a class 8 clean room to make parts for medical devices and electronics.
Canada’s Nova Chemicals Corp. has announced strategic senior leadership changes designed to buttress its ambition to be in the industry vanguard of sustainability and the circular economy, as outlined in its Roadmap to Sustainability Leadership. VP of polyethylene marketing Greg DeKunder has been named vice president of Nova Circular Solutions, a new business line created in February of this year. Replacing DeKunder as vice president of polyethylene marketing is Sarah Marshall,…
Asheville, N.C.-based plastic card manufacturer PLI Holdings is permanently laying off 51 workers to concentrate on access control card products.
A sailboat powered solely by the wind that glides across the water at a speed of 80 knots (92 mph) — this is what the designers of the SP80 speedboat promise. The vessel will have its first “test drive” along the French Mediterranean coast this summer. The goal: To set a new world speed record for sailboats. As a member of the Record Club, the SP80 team’s partner network, the Exolon…
The National Traffic Safety Board is hosting two days of hearings related to the derailment that led to a VCM release in Ohio; New York sets the price for ignoring a ban on takeout plastic foodservice; Orbis raises $330,000 at its annual golf tourmament for children’s medicine.